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13 Cards in this Set
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Motives for Exploration (everyone) |
GOODS (gold, natural resources) GLORY (expand empires) GOD (spread Christianity) |
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French Motive |
FUR |
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English Motive |
Escaping religious persecution |
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First permanent English settlement (1607) Marshy, mosquito infested, Chesapeake Bay John Smith- key leader Profit maker: TOBACCO Middle colony (Virginia) |
Jamestown |
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Investors who funded the journey to the New World (English) |
Virginia Company |
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New England colony founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 |
Plymouth |
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Separatists (Protestants) |
Pilgrims |
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Mayflower Compact |
Representative/Self Government in New England |
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Virginia House of Burgesses |
Representatives/Self Government in Middle Colonies (Virginia) |
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Strict religious group in Massachusetts (banished people who dissented) |
Puritans |
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Colony founded for English Catholics |
Maryland |
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island Rocky soil, cold climate, natural harbors Profits/Trade: shipbuilding, lumber, fish, fur, rum, whales, iron |
New England Colonies |
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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Mild climate Most diverse (Dutch/Netherlands, Quakers, Catholics) Profits/trade: cattle, fish, grain, iron, lumber, rum |
The middle colonies (BREAD BASKET) |
